cassie cook who lost her son who was in his early 50s and was not vaccinated. and i understand the concerns that a lot of people have around vaccinations specifically in the african american community. we know the history of the alabama shear croppers through the tuskeegee experiments. when those people were provided the opportunity to get the cure which at the time in 1977 which was penicillin, they were denied. they went on to infect their wives and others and, in fact, decades later, the government finally acknowledged the crime it committed against those african american sharecroppers. and many some of you know my grandmother who raised me in this community, her family were sharecroppers. were well aware we didn't have the devices and internet we had word of mouth where we were acutely aware of all that was going on in the injustices inflicted upon african americans at that time. that is part of the reason i know why we are not seeing as many african americans in this city vaccinated as it should be. and the reason why i am becoming increasingly concerned,

cassie cook who lost her son who was in his early 50s and was not vaccinated. and i understand the concerns that a lot of people have around vaccinations specifically in the african american community. we know the history of the alabama shear croppers through the tuskeegee experiments. when those people were provided the opportunity to get the cure which at the time in 1977 which was penicillin, they were denied. they went on to infect their wives and others and, in fact, decades later, the government finally acknowledged the crime it committed against those african american sharecroppers. and many some of you know my grandmother who raised me in this community, her family were sharecroppers. were well aware we didn't have the devices and internet we had word of mouth where we were acutely aware of all that was going on in the injustices inflicted upon african americans at that time. that is part of the reason i know why we are not seeing as many african americans in this city vaccinated as it should be. and the reason why i am becoming increasingly concerned,

cassie cook who lost her son who was in his early 50s and was not vaccinated.erstand the concerns that a lot of people have around vaccinations specifically in the african american community. we know the history of the alabama shear croppers through the tuskeegee experiments. when those people were provided the opportunity to get the cure which at the time in 1977 which was penicillin, they were denied. they went on to infect their wives and others and, in fact, decades later, the government finally acknowledged the crime it committed against those african american sharecroppers. and many some of you know my grandmother who raised me in this community, her family were sharecroppers. were well aware we didn't have the devices and internet we had word of mouth where we were acutely aware of all that was going on in the injustices inflicted upon african americans at that time. that is part of the reason i know why we are not seeing as many african americans in this city vaccinated as it should be. and the reason why i am becoming increasingly concerned, we as san